[gmx-users] the comm_mode

David van der Spoel spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se
Sun Oct 14 12:13:40 CEST 2007


Dechang Li wrote:
> Dear all,
>     
>     There are three options of comm_mode: Linear, Angular and none. 
> The option Angular is said that "Remove center of mass translation 
> and rotation around the center of mass". Does it mean the option
> Angular remove the translation and rotation BOTH ? 
yes
>     If I want to do a simulation such as a protein in the explicit
> water, which option would be better? Or it will be the same?
>     Thank you for your reply.
> 
linear. angular with PBC will give artifacts

> 


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